Computer-Assisted Provision of Reproductive Health Care

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

University of Pittsburgh

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00829517

First Posted: January 27, 2009

Last Update Posted: February 17, 2012

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This project seeks to demonstrate that computer kiosks in a clinic waiting room can improve access to hormonal contraception and screening for sexually transmitted infections. The study will be a randomized controlled trial which will evaluate the use of a computer kiosk module to compare the proportion of women of reproductive age who receive a prescription for hormonal contraception when computer-assisted provision of hormonal contraception is offered (intervention) to encounters when the study clinic provides standard contraceptive care (control). Subjects will be contacted approximately 3 months (range 2-4 months) after the clinic visit to complete a follow-up phone interview. The study population will include English and Spanish-speaking women ages 18-45 who seek care at this clinic. Our hypothesis is that computer-assisted provision of hormonal contraception (intervention)will increase the proportion of women of reproductive age who receive a prescription for hormonal contraception versus standard contraceptive care(control).

computer module available at a kiosk that will encourage women to be screened for chlamydia

Other Name: Chlamydia kiosk

Experimental: contraceptive kiosk

computer-assisted provision of hormonal contraception

Other: computer-assisted provision of hormonal contraception

a computer program available at a kiosk will offer women information about and a prescription for hormonal contraception that they can ask their clinician to sign.

Other Name: Family planning kiosk

Detailed Description:

Data collection has been completed

Eligibility

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Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)

Sexes Eligible for Study:

Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

women who speak English or Spanish who visit a study clinic

Exclusion Criteria:

women who do not speak English or Spanish

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00829517

Locations

United States, California

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States, 94122

United States, Pennsylvania

UPMC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Pittsburgh

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Eleanor B Schwarz, MD, MS

University of Pittsburgh

More Information

Responsible Party:

Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh